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Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline – Friday, December 16, 2016

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ALPHABET INC., Nasdaq symbols GOOG (class C non-voting), $790.80, and GOOGL (class A voting), $809.84, is the holding company for Google’s Internet search business and its smaller, riskier operations. The company calls those smaller businesses its “Other Bets”; they sell home thermostats, high-speed Internet and digital TV services, among other tech products. Alphabet’s self-driving car technology is one of the Other Bets still in development. This week, the company transferred those operations to a new subsidiary called Waymo. That suggests these products will soon be commercially viable. If Waymo begins to generate revenue, and earn a profit, it’s likely that Alphabet will eventually decide to spin off the business as a separate firm. OUR RECOMMENDATION: Alphabet is our top Aggressive buy for 2016. Alphabet recent coverage December 2016 issue Hotline for October 28, 2016 MONSANTO CO., $105.50, New York symbol MON, develops and sells technology-based agricultural products, such as genetically modified seeds, to farmers, grain processors and food companies. It also makes weed- and pest-control products. This…